The Primordial Measuring Ruler, An Encounter with Tongtian

Randeng flew eastward, intending to return to his own Lingjiu Mountain first. Since advancing to the Great Luo realm, the call of the opportunity he had received from his own Daoist temple had become increasingly strong.

He was already considering that if he borrowed the Book of Earth this time, he would move his Lingjiu Mountain to the west, so as to avoid being affected by the future war between the Lich King and the Demon King.

By constantly using the Qiankun Ruler to break through the void, compared to going to the West, Randeng only spent a few hundred years to return this time.

He made hand seals, activated the mountain-protecting array, and returned to Yuanjue Cave after nearly a eon.

When he left, he was only at the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal; when he returned, he had already achieved the Great Luo Dao Fruit.

Based on the sensations in his mind, Ran Deng went straight to the spot in the cave where he had taken human form.

He summoned the Lingjiu Palace Lantern and carefully sensed its power, only to find that the connection he felt was actually weaker.

"Strange, could this opportunity not be related to the Law of Annihilation?"

He has two companion spirit treasures. Randeng naturally values ​​the Lingjiu Palace Lantern, which is related to his future path, more. As for the Qiankun Ruler, he uses it as an auxiliary spirit treasure most of the time.

Since the opportunity was preordained to be right here, and even with his Great Luo cultivation level, he couldn't find anything, he realized that...

Most opportunities in the primordial world are like this: unborn spiritual treasures and spiritual roots are all related to a certain innate deity, and only the opportunity of being born will attract everyone to fight for them.

With a try-it-and-see attitude, Randeng used his Great Luo magic power to fully activate the Qiankun Ruler. The laws of space and gravity swirled around it, emitting a precious light about a foot long.

However, he did not sense any aura of a primordial spiritual treasure being brought into the world.

No, suddenly, Randeng remembered another acquired treasure that he had heard of in his previous life, which was on par with the Eight Treasures Exquisite Xuanhuang Pagoda—the Primordial Measuring Ruler.

Upon realizing this crucial point, he activated the Merit Mirror in his spiritual platform and slowly poured merit into the Qiankun Ruler.

The golden light of merit clung to the innate restrictions on the spiritual treasure, blending together like water and milk, becoming one.

Until the lamp was filled with nearly half of all its merits, a point of nothingness in the cave radiated a rich golden light.

The amount far exceeds the merits he himself accumulated in the Merit Mirror.

"It was actually that one-tenth of the merit from the creation of the world!"

Burning Lamp exclaimed in his heart that almost all the merits of the creation of the world had been divided up by the true lineage of Pangu. The Three Pure Ones each received one-tenth, the Xuanhuang Pagoda received one-tenth, the Twelve Ancestral Witches received a total of three-tenths, and the remaining two-tenths were transformed into merit rain to stabilize the heavens and earth and nourish all things.

Only one-tenth of the merit from the creation of the world has disappeared without a trace. Some say it transformed into the Primordial Measuring Ruler, while others say it was obtained by Hongjun.

Unexpectedly, it ended up hidden in its own cave, living alongside its own Qiankun Ruler.

As merits were continuously poured in, the number of innate restrictions on the Qiankun Ruler began to increase.

The number of innate restrictions has increased from the original eighteen to twenty-five, and they are still being refined and formed.

This is the most primitive method of weapon crafting in the primordial world. The process of inscribing restrictions under the guidance of merit points directly to the fundamental path of weapon crafting.

Ran Deng was unwilling to miss this opportunity to comprehend the art of weapon crafting. He sat down cross-legged, casually took out the spiritual materials he had obtained while repairing the earth's veins, and began to imitate weapon crafting.

The speed only slowed down when the number of restrictions on the Qiankun Ruler increased to forty-eight, but the acquired spiritual treasures refined by Randeng had a maximum of twenty restrictions.

However, Ran Deng was quite satisfied with this, after all, it was only his first time to come into contact with weapon crafting, and he didn't know how his level compared to that of Yuanshi Daoren, who was skilled in weapon crafting among the Three Pure Ones.

At this moment, the Qiankun Ruler had been upgraded to a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure, but his merits were almost exhausted. Randeng gritted his teeth and poured all the remaining merits into the Qiankun Ruler.

With the completion of the forty-ninth restriction, two Dao patterns, "Measuring Heaven," appeared on the Qiankun Ruler, or more accurately, the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler.

The treasure of merit gained after tomorrow!

Because it was an upgrade from the Qiankun Ruler, Randeng mastered this treasure without needing to refine it again.

The Primordial Measuring Ruler truly lives up to its reputation as the number one offensive treasure acquired after birth, second only to the Pangu Banner. It can ignore defenses, specifically break through protective divine powers and spiritual treasures, and evolve into a scene of creation and destruction, tearing apart space and laws. It has terrifying destructive power against both the primordial spirit and the physical body.

The most crucial point is that killing can be done without incurring karmic consequences.

It also made up for the lack of attack methods of the Burning Lamp, and with his Great Luo cultivation, now that no Quasi-Saints have appeared in the Primordial World, only the Supreme Daoist can be compared with him.

Just as Randeng was preparing to comprehend the wondrous uses of the Primordial Measuring Ruler, he sensed a sharp aura rapidly approaching from tens of thousands of miles away.

Not knowing whether they were friend or foe, Randeng set up a protective array to prepare to meet this first innate deity he had encountered besides Zhunti and Jieyin.

"I wonder whose blessed land this is? I have come to offer my congratulations upon seeing your radiant light. May I come out and meet you? I am Tongtian Daoren."

From afar, that innate deity transmitted his voice into the great formation.

"It's actually Tongtian, one of the Three Pure Ones. How come he's here, and he's even attracted by the light of the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler?" Randeng was also curious about this future leader of the Jie Sect.

The lamp-burning control array opened a passage, allowing the Heavenly Being to choose whether or not to enter.

"The grand formation is activated. Fellow Daoist, please come in."

However, in the next instant, Tongtian transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the great formation.

"Haha, fellow Daoist is truly straightforward."

The light dissipated, revealing a human figure inside. It was a young Taoist priest with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, wearing a blue Taoist robe and a sword hanging at his waist.

The Taoist priest opposite did not bow, but instead clasped his hands in greeting and said, "This humble Taoist priest, Tongtian, greets fellow Taoist."

"This humble Taoist, Randeng, greets Fellow Daoist Tongtian. May I ask why you are here alone in this place?"

Ran Deng introduced himself and then asked Tong Tian about his purpose in coming here.

After all, Lingjiu Mountain is located near the west and has a poor spiritual energy, so most innate deities are unwilling to come here.

Then, Randeng took out some Gengjin apples and gestured for Tongtian to eat them while talking.

"My two elder brothers are both in seclusion. I was bored, so I came out to exchange ideas and discuss the Dao with others. I just returned from the East Sea and passed by your treasure land. I saw a flash of light and thought a spiritual treasure was being born. But when I got closer, I found that it was already protected by a primordial array."

Tongtian tasted the spiritual fruit while explaining.

"So that's how it is. The light just now was simply because I had gained some skill in refining weapons and couldn't control it, so it leaked out through the great formation."

Burning Lamp wasn't telling the truth, after all, there were only two such treasures in the entire prehistoric world.

"Oh? I didn't expect you to be skilled in weapon crafting as well. My second brother is also obsessed with weapon crafting. I'll introduce you to him another day; he'll surely be delighted."

Tongtian's eyes suddenly lit up, because he discovered that this spiritual fruit actually contained the Gengjin Law, which was beneficial to his sword path.

"I wonder where you got this spiritual fruit? If you are willing to part with this spiritual root, I am willing to exchange it for other treasures."

Tongtian asked Randeng, who was currently stuck at the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal, and said that he was now mainly cultivating the Gengjin Law, and that this spiritual root was in perfect harmony with his Great Dao.

Randeng was quite interested in the treasures of Tongtian, but he wasn't interested in the Gengjin Law within this spiritual fruit. He usually gave the spiritual fruit to Jieyin.

He asked Tongtian, "I wonder what you are willing to offer in exchange?"

With a wave of his hand, Tongtian Daoren conjured six azure beads on the table, containing boundless spatial laws.

"This bead is called the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Bead. I obtained it by chance from the East Sea. Six beads together form a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure. Perhaps when I have the opportunity to collect them all, I can reach the top grade level."

Seeing that Randeng was truly interested, Tongtian immediately introduced him to the situation.

Randeng was astonished as he looked at the magical treasure that Tongtian had taken out.

He thought to himself, "Could it be that my Lingjiu Mountain is my blessed land? First, I discovered the merit of creating the heavens, and then the Tongtian Daoist sent me the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl."